unlock hidden rows when 'unhide' is greyed out?

rows 1 to 17 are visible the next row is 16345
the thick grey line shows between rows 17 and 16345
however unhide is greyed out and does not allow me to unhide
thousands of rows

The sheet is probably protected ..

Click Tools > Protection > Unprotect sheet
(you may need a password to unprotect)
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Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
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"xela" <xela@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> rows 1 to 17 are visible the next row is 16345
> the thick grey line shows between rows 17 and 16345
> however unhide is greyed out and does not allow me to unhide
> thousands of rows